breaking overnight, marvel actor jeremy renner is hospitalized in critical condition after an accident involving a snowplow his family is by his side. dozens of high water rescues as deadly flooding overtakes parts of california neighborhoods. we'll have the latest. and breaking news. multiple fatalities after two helicopters collide and crash near the seaworld theme park in australia today. new information surrounding the new year's eve times square attacker who swung a machete a possible motive ahead. a race against time as

rescuers work to save a 10-year-old boy who fell into a 115-foot hole on a construction site and today begins funeral events for poep benedict xvi that led up to a service presided over pope francis highlights of nfl on this monday of 2023 good morning i'm brie jackson >> great to start the day and the new year with you. i'm frances rivera actor jeremy renner is hospitalized in critical condition but stable condition his rep telling nbc news that the marvel super hero and mayor of kingstown star suffered injuries after experiencing a weather-related accident plowing snow he added that renner's family is with him and he is receiving excellent care according to the washoe county sheriff's office he received a traumatic injury on new year's

day in reno, nevada. deputies coordinated with fire and emergency medical personnel to arrange for a flight to transport renner to a local hospital the sheriff's office says the major accident investigation team is looking into the incident . in new york, police are investigating a terror attack at the new year's eve celebration in times square. investigators say a man attacked three police officers with a machete. the suspect on their radar because of his jihadist writings kathy park has the latest. >> reporter: just hours before the iconic ball drop in times square, a violent ma shelt attack blocks away from the celebrations >> be advised, we have a male stabbed to the head in regards to west 8th avenue a perpetrator in custody >> reporter: armed with this large knife, several law enforcement sources tell nbc news the suspect, 19-year-old trevor bickford of well, maine allegedly charged a group of nypd officers at a security checkpoint just after 10:00 p.m.

>> one officer, an eight-year veteran suffered a laceration to the head >> reporter: police say one of the officers eventually shot bickford in the shoulder meanwhile, revellers caught in the chaos capture the moments after the attack >> they shot right in front of us and everyone in the line just dispersed like crazy >> reporter: police quickly moved in to secure the scene >> everybody keep moving, go >> reporter: officials telling nbc news the suspect likely arrived in new york city via amtrak on thursday and had a backpack that included personal writings, terrorist propaganda, a pocket knife, and $200 in cash they say in mid-december, he was interviewed by federal law enforcement after being alerted by a relative. fbi agents were seen at bickford's family home, according to our nbc affiliate news center maine. back in new york, police say there is no longer a threat. >> we believe this was a sole visit at this time there is nothing to indicate otherwise. >> reporter: a violent act just moments before the new year for

a city already battling a crime surge. all three injured officers were rushed to the hospital, but we've learned that as of sunday morning, all of them have been released and are now recovering. back to you. >> kathy, thank you. now to heavy rain in northern california that has killed at least one person who was trapped in his car by floodwaters. tens of thousands are still without power after historic rainfall and 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts the storm triggered by what experts call an atmospheric river. our savannah sellers explains. >> reporter: it's a weather event, and when it's severe, it can be catastrophic. it's not a hurricane or a tornado. it's called an atmospheric river, but what exactly is that? an atmospheric river is a narrow current of wind that carries plumes of rich moisture, stretching for hundreds or even thousands of miles high across the sky. kind of like a big floating river. technically, they're the largest

rivers of fresh water on earth, transporting on average more than double the flow of the amazon river when an atmospheric river sends tropical moisture over dry land, and the moisture collides with mountains, like, say, california's sierra nevada range, for example, the water vaporizes and quickly cools, creating extreme rainfall. new models published by scientists at scripps institute of oceanography predict that in the 2090s, atmospheric river related flood damage in the american u.s. will double or triple gas house emissions being the factor although all 58 counties are under a drought emergency proclamation by the state, experts say increased precipitation is only going to make things worse. that's because millions of acres of california forces experience wildfires in the last two years, leaving the top layer of soil temporarily nonabsorbent so when torrential rain hits, the water runs off, potentially

triggering flash floods. while not all atmospheric rivers are dangerous, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration forecasters monitor them and issue warnings when necessary >> and our thanks to savannah for that explainer and report. the suspect in the murders of four university of idaho students will be extradited from pennsylvania tomorrow. he was arrested friday at his parents' home over the weekend, and we learn more about him from his lawyer, from a student, and for the first time from his parents. dana griffin has the latest from idaho. >> reporter: for the first time since their son was arrested for the murders of four college friends in idaho, the parents of 28-year-old bryan kohlberger are speaking out, writing first and foremost, we care deeply for the four families who have lost their precious children. adding, we will love and support our son and brother. we have fully cooperated with law enforcement agencies in an attempt to seek the truth and promote his presumption of innocence. how are they feeling about all

the things that they're learning about their son? >> they're trying to stay off of the media. what they're hearing is not the bryan they know and love so it's really out of character. >> reporter: kholberger's initial defender says his client, who is eager to be exonerated, was arrested friday at his parents home after driving cross-country with his father on december 17th. a trip the attorney saidwas planned. the suspect was studying for a ph.d in criminal justice at washington state university, less than ten miles from the crime scene. undergrad austin morrison says kohlberger was a teaching assistant in one of morris' classes. he sent us a screen shot of a paper kohlberger graded in november >> i did see him in class. he introduced himself. he did seem rather quiet to me. >> reporter: according to the university, police have executed search warrants at the suspect's office and on campus apartment neighbors there who do not want to be identified say he was polite and seemed normal, but often made strange noise, like

he was cleaning or using tools in the middle of the night >> it's just very loud sound so and sometimes i think okay what is happening. >> reporter: before his time at wsu, kohlberger graduated with a masters degree in criminal justice from decelles university in pennsylvania. the owner of a new brewery telling nbc news that staff had added notes that would pop up when his id was scanned, hey, this guy makes creepy comments keep an eye on him they withheld a lot of information to protect the integrity of the case, but if they would have done one thing different, it would have been to release information sooner about what they were doing behind the scenes to help promote trust in the community. >> dana, thank you a worker on the ground at alabama's montgomery regional airport was killed in an industrial accident saturday according to a preliminary statement by the faa, the incident happened on an airport ramp near an american airlines

e-175 that was parked. air traffic was suspended for several hours. the employee worked for piedmont airlines that's a regional carrier for american airlines. their identity has not been released the faa and the national transportation safety board are investigating. let's turn now to the vatican, where pope francis began the new year praying for his predecessor. the public will have their chance today to pay their respects to pope benedict xvi. the home emeritus will lie in state until his historic funeral takes place on friday. claudia joins us from rome tell us more about how pope benedict is being honored this week >> good morning, brie. yes, the body of pope emeritus benedict xvi was moved from the monastery where he died within vatican walls behind me to the st. peter's basilica where it will lie in state starting from

today until wednesday to give the faithful an opportunity to bid their farewell now the gates of st. peters basilica literally opened about five minutes ago it's 9:00 in the morning here in rome we have seen a line of pill pil grimes waiting outside in the early hours in the morning, with one person telling us he has been there waiting from 4:00 this morning now the protect of rome said he expecting about 30 to 35,000 people attending or going to see the body and bidding farewell to pope benedict xvi inside st. peter's basilica from now to wednesday, and 60,000 people are expected to attend the funeral on thursday night. now compare that, brie and frances, with the more than four million pilgrims who are estimated to have attended the funeral of the last pope who died here. of course it was john paul ii in 2005 >> thank you, claudio. now to a desperate rescue effort in vietnam.

video shows a group of children walking on to a construction site on new year's eve one of the kids, a boy fell into a pillar buried 115 feet into the ground in their attempt to save him, rescuers lowered oxygen and water down to him. according to reuters, the rescuers received no response from the boy on monday, and the concrete pillar has tilted slightly, making rescue efforts more difficult let's turn to your weather and the threat of multiple tornadoes damaging winds and large hail nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking it all happy new year >> happy new year. we're kicking this year off with busy conditions when it comes to the weather. here is that first storm of the year it's tracking through the midsection of the country and it's going to bring two impacts. the northern part of that system will bring ice, heavy snow to places like minnesota, nebraska, south dakota the southern half of that will bring the potential for some severe weather to millions here as we get into the afternoon hours. we could see multiple tornadoes. we could see the damaging wind as well as that hail and that system will continue to

make its way to the east, tracking a little farther to the east and impacting folks in the southern and gulf coast here as we get into tomorr in houston, shreveport, dallas, all dealing with rain and potentially strong storms we'll talk more about those warm temperatures, ladies. coming up, they're going to stay with us for a little longer. but of course, all good things have to come to an end >> way to start off the year thank you so much, angie even with some high new year's temperatures, people dipped in the polar plunges to ring in 2023 hundreds of boston residents wearing everything from bathing suits even viking helmets plunged into boston harbor it's been a new year's day tradition since 1904 and in east tennessee, plungers said it's become a family

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